Tensions have been running particularly high between the two NATO members since last August, when Ankara sent a research vessel into disputed waters in the Eastern Mediterranean, believed to be rich with natural resources. The move saw both countries escalate and mobilize military vessels and planes. Ankara eventually recalled its …
Read More »Putin WON’T meet Biden in near future, Kremlin says. Moscow not ruling out talks, but disappointed about new sanctions speculation
Speaking to reporters on Thursday morning, Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said that the White House’s invitation to meet “in a third country in the coming months” would not be possible to organise, at least in the short term. Asked whether the talks were likely to go ahead on that timeframe, …
Read More »‘Prolonged’ nuclear talks with US would be ‘harmful’, Khamenei warns as Iran reportedly close to starting 60% uranium enrichment
“The talks shouldn’t become talks of attrition. They shouldn’t be [conducted] in a way that parties drag on and prolong the talks. This is harmful to the country,” Khamenei said in Tehran on Wednesday. “Most of the proposals by the Americans are arrogant and contemptuous. They are not worth looking …
Read More »Talks over, Sputnik V purchase possible: Austria’s Kurz says Vienna may buy a MILLION Russian vaccine doses
The negotiations on the contract to acquire Sputnik V have “de facto come to an end,” Kurz announced on Saturday. “It’s now possible to purchase it for us in Austria,” he added. A “million” doses of the vaccine from Russia, which boasts an efficacy of more than 91% percent and …
Read More »State Dept says US prepared to lift Iran sanctions, but warns of ‘long road ahead’ amid indirect talks to revive nuclear pact
“We are prepared to take the steps necessary to return to compliance with the JCPOA, including by lifting sanctions that are inconsistent with the JCPOA,” State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters on Wednesday, referring to the nuclear deal by its formal title, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. Price …
Read More »Iran hails ‘constructive’ nuclear deal talks but dismisses offer of $1bn asset release to halt uranium enrichment
Negotiator Abbas Araghchi, who is also Iran’s deputy foreign minister, revealed the development after negotiations in Vienna on Tuesday, which he said were “constructive,” according to Iranian state-run news network Press TV. Iran and the US are currently engaging in indirect talks concerning the deal. The UK, France, and Germany have mediated …
Read More »Moscow holds emergency talks with US over fighting in Donbass as Ukraine says NATO exercises will train troops for war with Russia
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told reporters on Tuesday that “we have had contact with the US administration on the situation in the Donbass, and we have exhaustively explained to their side what is happening.” He added that Western rhetoric over Ukraine is striking an increasingly belligerent tone, and …
Read More »We aren’t refusing new talks with NATO, Russian FM Lavrov insists, ‘but we don’t just want to sit there and hear about Ukraine’
Last week, the faction’s General Secretary, Jens Stoltenberg, claimed that a breakdown in communication was the fault of one side alone. “Since the summer of 2019, there have been no meetings of the NATO-Russia Council,” he said. “And that’s because Russia has not responded positively to our invitation to convene …
Read More »America badmouths China as their joint talks get off to a pugnacious start – but then asks for Beijing’s HELP over North Korea…
You didn’t need to be in the room in Anchorage, Alaska to hear the fiery rhetoric and see the sparks fly. The US vs. China talks kicked off with all the ferocity of an Ali vs. Frazier heavyweight clash, with the US Secretary of State, in the blue corner, warning …
Read More »Don’t expect this week’s talks in Alaska to break any ice between Beijing and Washington – here’s why
Today senior US and Chinese officials are meeting for the first time under the Biden administration in Alaska, but the welcome is likely to be as cold as the weather in Anchorage. Both sides have a long list of grievances and demands as a prerequisite for any improvements in relations, …
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